CONSIDER the flight of time

By the ˹passage of˺ time!

I swear by the Late Afternoon,

wal-ʿaṣr

By the time,

CONSIDER the flight of time

By the declining day

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages)

By the ˹passage of˺ time!

I swear by the Late Afternoon,

I swear by the passage of time

I swear by the time

By time through the ages,

By eventide, everyman

By the time (through the ages)!

By the declining day

(Passage of) time (through the ages) acts as a witness

By the time through the ages

By time

And (by) the afternoon! (Or: time)

By the time (of the advent of Islam)

(I swear) by the Time

Time that flies and has flown, bears witness

(I swear) by Time

By (the Promise of) time (infinite), ('Asr also refers to afternoon prayer, or later part in life

By time

By time

By the declining day

By the time

TIME AND AGE are witnes

By the Late Afternoon,

By Time (especially the last part of it, heavy with events)

By Time

By the declining day

By the time (the ages)

By time

By the age,

By the time

By time

By the time

By the time of the beloved (Prophet).

By the afternoon

By the time of the afternoon

By the time

And/by the time/era/end of day to dusk

Hereby God swears by time

By oath of this era of yours (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him)

By the Time

By the passing time (whose rotation bears witness to the affairs of mankind). Or By the Prayer of declining day (‘Asr, for this Prayer is the middle of all Prayers). Or By the declining time of the day, (when the sun, after shining for the whole day, presents the sight of its setting). Or By the holy era of the Prophethood of Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him), the sole objective and the most coveted achievement of all ages historic as well as pre-historic, and of all times to come

I cite as witness the Time

By Al-Asr (the time)

By the afternoon

By the afternoon

By the afternoon

I SWEAR by the declining day

I SWEAR by the declining da

Consider time!

By eventide,

I swear by the declining day

By that time (the life span of man),

By the passing time

By the era distinctive of life on earth

By the time (i.e. historic time is witness that:)

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages)

By the time